他對他的人民說：『看哪，以色列人眾民繁多強盛，勝過我們。

对他的百姓说：“看哪，这以色列民比我们还多，又比我们强盛。

他对自己的百姓说：“看哪，以色列人的百姓比我们还多，又比我们强盛。

他对自己的百姓说：“看哪，以色列人的百姓比我们还多，又比我们强盛。

对他的百姓说：“你们看，以色列人比我们多，又比我们强。

他对自己的人民说：“看哪，以色列民比我们众多强盛。

對他的百姓說：「看哪，這以色列民比我們還多，又比我們強盛。

他對自己的百姓說：「看哪，以色列人的百姓比我們還多，又比我們強盛。

他對自己的百姓說：「看哪，以色列人的百姓比我們還多，又比我們強盛。

對他的百姓說：「你們看，以色列人比我們多，又比我們強。

他對自己的人民說：“看哪，以色列民比我們眾多強盛。

告民曰、以色列族強庶過我、

告民曰、以色列族甚眾、其強過我、

告其民曰、此以色列族甚眾、其強過我、

“ Look,” he said to his people,“ the Israelites have become far too numerous for us.

“ Look,” he said to his people.“ The Israelites are far too many for us.

And he said to his people,“ Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us.

He said to his people,“ Look, the people of Israel now outnumber us and are stronger than we are.

He said to his people,“ Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and powerful than we are.

And he said to his people,“ Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are too many and too mighty for us.

And he said to his people,“ Look, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we;

And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:

He said to his people,“ Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and powerful than we are.

And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel[ are] more and mightier than we:

He said to his people,“ Look at the Israelite people, more numerous and stronger than we are!

He said to his people,“ Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.

永恆主使他的人民很能生殖，使他們比敵人強盛。敵人的心轉而恨惡永恆主的人民，設詭計害他僕人。

你們若存着苦毒的妒忌和營私爭勝在心裏，別自己誇勝、作假事以敵真理了。這樣的智慧不是從上頭下來的，是屬地上、屬血氣、屬鬼魔的。哪裏有妒忌和營私爭勝，哪裏就有擾亂和各樣的壞事。

君王的尊榮在於人民多；人君之敗落在於國民少。

摩押人對米甸的長老說：『現在這一集團要把我們四圍所有的一概餂盡、就像牛餂盡田野的青草一般。』那時西撥的兒子巴勒做摩押王；他就差遣使者到比珥的兒子巴蘭那裏、到大河邊的毘奪、亞捫人之地那裏、去請巴蘭來，說：『看哪，有一族從埃及出來，遮滿了地面，也住在我的對面。

我又看一切勞碌和各樣工作上的技巧都是人對鄰舍羨慕之表現：這也是虛空，也是捕風。

烈怒之兇猛、怒氣之橫流！還可以對付；對嫉妒、誰能敵得住呢？

『上帝切慕他所安置在我們裏面居住的靈、至於狂熱』你們想這一句經是空說的麼？

因為我們從前也是無知、悖逆、受了迷惑，做各種私慾和宴樂的奴僕，在惡毒和嫉妒中度生活，滿有恨心，彼此相恨。

真的，苦惱殺害的是愚妄人，妒憤害死是癡獃人。